Brawa 46468 passenger car 'Rheingold', DRG, Ep.II, with Beleuchtung, DC-Digital

About the model: BRAWA presents the DRG SB4ük express train car from Era II. The car was manufactured on a scale of 1:87 and impresses with its detailed appearance, with the finest paintwork and lettering. The model has a length of 270 mm and has close coupler kinematics and an extra brake system.

About the prototype: On their way to Switzerland and on to Italy, numerous luxury travelers from Great Britain and the Netherlands used CIWL sleeping cars through France. The DRG was very interested in "diverting" this wealthy clientele to its routes. It therefore introduced a luxury day train called the "Rheingold Express" between Hoek van Holland / Amsterdam and Basel SBB in 1928. From 1929, the train service was extended to Lucerne and Zurich in the summer. Just how great the competitive pressure was can be seen from the fact that the CIWL responded to the DRG's offensive in 1928 with its own day train via Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg, the "Edelweiss".

The DRG based the design of the train on similar CIWL day trains. Inside, there were open-plan compartments and in some cases half compartments, in first class even with loose armchairs. Each carriage had a different décor made of various precious woods or fabric-covered walls and ceilings. The exterior of the train was painted in a special dark purple and ivory livery.

This resulted in 26 coaches in four different variants (1st and 2nd class with and without kitchen), as well as three luggage coaches. A train usually consisted of five carriages - one carriage each with and without a kitchen in first and second class (one kitchen supplied two carriages) and one luggage carriage. As the baggage wagon still had to run behind the locomotive as a protective wagon at that time, there was a need for an additional baggage wagon as a result of the headforming in Mannheim. The DRG repainted two Prussian and two Baden wagons according to the Rheingold scheme. The 3700 and 3900 series took over traction in the Netherlands. The class 184-5 of the Mainz depot ran on the German section for many years until Mannheim. From 1936, the new Deutzerfelder 01 took over the traction of the Rheingold Express. On the southern section, Offenburg 183s hauled the train, which were replaced by the BR 01 as early as 1930. From Basel, Ae 4/7s take the train to central Switzerland in summer. With the start of the war in 1939, the luxury train was discontinued without replacement.

Features:

• Gauge: H0
• Era: II
• Length over buffers: 270 mm
• Road number: Cologne 10 705
• DC Digital EXTRA
• Metal wheels
• Close coupler kinematics
• Finely engraved details
• With interior lighting
• Doehler & Haass decoder
• Prototypical frame construction
• Extra brake system
• Multi-part interior fittings
• Bogie with three-point bearing
• Detailed reproduction of the "Görlitz II" bogies

Specs:

• Gauge: H0
• Rail Company: DRG
• Era: II
• Color: Purple
• News: 2023
• Type: Passenger wagon

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CAUTION: Not suitable for children under 3 years. Danger of swallowing! Age recommendation from 14 years.

Achtung! Maßstabs- und originalgetreue Kleinmodelle sowie Elektrozubehör für erwachsene Sammler. Nicht geeignet für Kinder unter 14 Jahren

Zum Betrieb des vorliegenden Produkts darf als Spannungsquelle nur ein nach VDE 0570-2-7/DIN EN 61558-2-7 gefertigter Spielzeug-Transformator verwendet werden.